http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/984 Wed, 22 Apr 2026 16:42:59 GMT 2026-04-22T16:42:59Z http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/985 An outline of English lexicology: lexical structure, word semantics, and word-formation Leonhard, Lipka Surprisingly enough, the term lexicolog y is not to be found in most mediumsized dictionaries and in various handbooks (e.g. LYONS 1977) and English grammars (with the exception of the Longma n Dictionar y of Contemporar y Englis h (LDCE) 21987 and Quirk et al. 1985). Only lexicography , explained as 'dictionary-making* or 'the writing and making of dictionaries', is usually mentioned. Apparently this situation is now changing. Lexicolog y might be defined as the study of the lexico n or lexis (specified as the vocabulary or total stock of words of a language). Wed, 01 Jan 1992 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/985 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z